DU's bullhorn moment : BE the 9/11 widows megaphone

[BelgianMadCow]

Aside of the page scandal, the Tenet -> Rice / Ashcroft/Rumsfeld briefings which constituted the sternest of warnings to the administration, took place in July 2001 and caused Ashcroft and Bush to take measures for their personal safety but not the country's, are a crystal clear impeachment of Bush*co. Saying that this info raises questions, is an understatement.

But in todays very polarized political debate, with the media not being all that liberal, questions raised by Dems (such as Clark) are bound to be dismissed to an extent as "political attacks" and at least be countered with as much counter-spin as a teevee set can handle (current media coverage is about one Dem for every two Repubs).

But when the relatives of 9/11 victims, including people that supported Bush, ask those questions, who can dismiss them?
Sure, some corporate media will try to paint them in a corner. But the climate of today is clearly different from that of months or years ago.

So, DU, now is the time to demand of every news outlet that they RAISE THE QUESTIONS the victims deserve.

Their spirits and their loved ones have been waiting for five years. Watch 9/11 Press for truth if you need any more convincing.

You can do so by emailing the media the statement of the Widows found below, using DU's excellent FIVE-STAR ACTIVISTS' RESOURCE THREADfor directions as to where to point our megaphone.
Mail is good, snail mail or phone are better.

On Foley, the Dems are awake and the repubs are eating their own. Media coverage is beyond comparison. Give this second topic the attention it deserves!

A visual summary because my writing sucks, from Generic Other's TOON thread :



The statement of the 9/11 Widows as taken from this Kpete thread. I was looking for a direct link to the statement, haven't found it yet).

Statement Regarding al Qaeda Threats
October 5, 2006

Astonishingly, five years post 9/11 the public is made aware about an urgent July 10, 2001 meeting that took place between former CIA Director George Tenet and then, National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. This information comes from Bob Woodward's newly released book, "State of Denial"�.

Despite this Administration's rhetoric that they had "no warnings"� leading up to 9/11, it has become abundantly clear, that key Administration officials were made aware of the vast array of Al Qaeda threats and warnings that existed in years prior, and more importantly, in the weeks leading up to September 11, 2001.

When we add the July 10, 2001 meeting to the plethora of other clear warnings that our government had, a very concise view of the al Qaeda threat emerges. Those other warnings include, but are not limited to:

Warnings from leaders of other nations and foreign intelligence apparatus' of terrorist threats

June 30, 2001 Senior Executive Intelligence Briefing (SEIB) entitled "bin Laden Threats Are Real"

The threat of President Bush's assassination at the G-8 Summit by al Qaeda in July of 2001 � using aircraft to dive bomb the summit building

July 2001 Phoenix memo, which told of potential terrorists taking flight lessons

52 FAA warnings � five of which mentioned al Qaeda's training for hijacking

August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Brief entitled "bin Laden Determined to Strike in US"

National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)entitled "Islamist Extremists Learn to Fly"�

Intelligence agency heads describing themselves with their "hair on fire"� to characterize the imminent nature of the threats they were intercepting from Al Qaeda and their sense of urgency in relating them to the Bush Administration

The arrest of Zacharias Moussaoui in August of 2001

FBI Agent Harry Samit's 70 unsuccessful attempts to get a FISA Warrant to examine Moussaoui's belongings

Aside from scheduling a National Security Council meeting on September 4, 2001, two months after the July 10 "connect the dots"� briefing from CIA director, George Tenet, the abundance of post 9/11 reports and commissions found no evidence of any action taken by appropriate officials. The 9/11 Commission itself concluded that in spite of an unprecedented attack threat in the months before 9/11, US "domestic agencies never mobilized in response to the threat. They did not have direction, and did not have a plan to institute. The borders were not hardened. Transportation systems were not fortified. Electronic surveillance was not targeted against a domestic threat. State and local law enforcement were not marshaled to augment the FBI's efforts. The public was not warned."

While certain members of the 9/11 Commission recalled a January 28, 2004 closed session meeting with former CIA Director, George Tenet, where this urgent July 10, 2001 meeting was discussed, this meeting was not referenced in the Commission's final report.

In the transcript testimony, the former CIA Director described the non-routine meeting that he and Cofer Black called for with then National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice as one of the "starkest warnings"� ever given by the CIA to the White House on Al Qaeda.

To our continued dismay, both the Bush Administration and the 9/11 Commission have consistently failed to give a complete and honest accounting to the American public with regard to their actions and inactions leading up to the devastation of September 11, 2001.

The inexcusable result of this less than truthful accounting has resulted in America making important national security decisions and passing legislation using the 9/11 Commission's conclusions and recommendations. Chillingly, these decisions appear to be based upon an unclear combination of partial truths mixed with distortions and omissions of important facts.

Incredibly, five years post 9/11 we have come full circle. In spite of all the clear warnings that our government received, why did those in power fail to invoke any defensive measures to protect our nation from the attacks of September 11, 2001?

We demand the immediate declassification and release of these latest documents and transcripts. The American public has the right to know what their government did or did not do to protect us from terrorist actions.

Finally, instead of reorganizing an entire intelligence community because they "weren't sharing information"�, and rather than telling us that "9/11 was a failure of imagination"�, what we needed was for the 9/11 Commission to state the truth and hold those responsible to account. The most effective change for America would be to have a National Security Council that understands that it is their job to translate vital information into action.

Do it for mothers.

As Greg Palast, BBC investigative reporter says at 1.16 in 9/11 Press for truth : "ABC has access to all that we do...Run the hard news, buddy!"

Thank you from Europe.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Thank YOU from Occupied USA.

B-):thumbsup:

NGU.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Bush Knew

Cheney knew

Rummie knew

Condi knew

Myers knew

and on the day of the attack they all went AWOL until after the Pentagon was hit.

None of them took any action while the attack was in progress.

[ocean girl]

3. Hmmmmm ... wonder why?

MIHOP City!

[BelgianMadCow]

4. Your succint reply is to the point and reminds me of Symbolman's

American requiem FLASH. One of his first I think, and it so totally captured me I never got loose.
http://web.takebackthemedia.com/geeklog/public_html/article.php?story=20040606205749962&query=flash%2Banimation%2Bby%2Bsymbolman

spelling edit :eyes:

[ClassWarrior]

5. The man's a true patriot.

To Symbolman. :patriot:

NGU.

[ocean girl]

6. You're right, that's excellent

It seems obvious to me why Bush sat in that classroom - he was establishing an alibi.

It's what murderers do.

Thanks, BTW!

[BelgianMadCow]

7. Don't know if it was an alibi - to me it's deer in the headlights

the PNAC cabal being the ones in the know.

But you're welcome anyway. It just gets you thinking, doesn't it?